NdisAcquireReadWriteLock function (ndis.h)
The NdisAcquireReadWriteLock function acquires a lock that the caller uses for either write or read access to the resources that are shared among driver threads.
Syntax
void NdisAcquireReadWriteLock(
[in, out] PNDIS_RW_LOCK Lock,
[in] BOOLEAN fWrite,
[_out_] PLOCK_STATE LockState
);
Parameters
[in, out] Lock
A pointer to an opaque variable that represents a lock. The caller can use this lock to access shared resources.
[in] fWrite
A Boolean value. If the value is TRUE, this function is provided with write access to shared resources; if the value is FALSE, this function is provided with read access.
[_out_] LockState
LockState. A pointer to an opaque variable that tracks the state of the lock. This variable exists in the interval between the time the caller acquires and releases the lock. The caller must use a different variable of type LOCK_STATE for each attempt that it makes to acquire the lock from the same non-ISR driver thread.
Return value
None
Remarks
The driver must initialize a variable of type NDIS_RW_LOCK using the NdisInitializeReadWriteLock function before the driver calls any other NdisXxxReadWriteLock function. The driver must provide resident storage for the locks it uses.
After acquiring a lock by using
NdisAcquireReadWriteLock, the caller must release that lock by calling the
NdisReleaseReadWriteLock function. To decrement the reference count of the lock, a driver must call
NdisReleaseReadWriteLock once for each call to
NdisAcquireReadWriteLock.
To modify resources that are shared among driver threads, a driver thread must acquire a write lock. To simply monitor those resources, a driver thread must acquire a read-only lock. Read access does not require interlocked operations or contention for spin locks. Using read-only access helps to maintain good operating system and driver performance.
A driver thread should never hold a write lock for more than 25 microseconds. Holding a write lock for a prolonged period degrades both operating system and driver performance.
The driver cannot use a lock to protect resources from read or write access that its other functions
share with the
MiniportInterrupt and/or
MiniportDisableInterruptEx functions. Instead, the driver must call
NdisMSynchronizeWithInterruptEx so that its
MiniportSynchronizeInterrupt function accesses such shared resources at the same DIRQL at which its
MiniportInterrupt and/or
MiniportDisableInterruptEx functions do.
NdisAcquireReadWriteLock always raises the IRQL. For a write operation, NdisAcquireReadWriteLock raises the IRQL by acquiring a spin lock. For a read operation, NdisAcquireReadWriteLock explicitly raises the IRQL to IRQL = DISPATCH_LEVEL.
For more information about acquiring and releasing NDIS spin locks, see Synchronization and Notification in Network Drivers.
Requirements
| Requirement | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum supported client | Deprecated for NDIS 6.20 and later drivers, which should use NdisAcquireRWLockRead or NdisAcquireRWLockWrite instead. Supported for NDIS 6.0 and NDIS 5.1 drivers (see NdisAcquireReadWriteLock (NDIS 5.1)) in Windows Vista. Supported for NDIS 5.1 drivers (see NdisAcquireReadWriteLock (NDIS 5.1)) in Windows XP. |
| Target Platform | Universal |
| Header | ndis.h (include Ndis.h) |
| Library | Ndis.lib |
| DLL | Ndis.sys |
| IRQL | <= DISPATCH_LEVEL |
| DDI compliance rules | Irql_Synch_Function(ndis) |